WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
‘Music is not useful to capitalism’
Arts that fight with humanity, and for the broadest amount of humanity, demonstrate we as humans have more in common with each other, writes BEN LUNN
MEMORABLE: The Pageant of Labour was held at The Crystal Palace, London, England, October 15-20 1934 - with words by Matthew Anderson and music by Alan Bush (right), it celebrated the history of the British labour movement
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JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
AFTER an underwhelming and disorganised period with Oliver Dowden as our “secretary for culture and sport” we have awoken to a new day with ostrich anus-munching Nadine Dorries as our new MP responsible for the arts, sport and culture within Britain.
Beyond the numerous jokes about her opinions of gastronomy and avant-garde cuisine, the overall feeling about the appointment is a mixture of annoyance, exasperation at her tedium and bemoaning that Brexit Britain is collapsing.
Why can’t we be like the cultured folks in Germany and France, and not devolve further into a plebeian nation.
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